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@uiten gisten atent 'i @fifth Lettera Patent No. 76,818, dated April 14,186.8.

IMPROVED HUB FOR WAGON -WHEEL @the Sunnah-referrer in' in flies msters'atmt :me making part uf the same.

T0 WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. RODEHEAVER, of Miamisburg, Montgomerycounty, and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Hubfor Wagon-Wheels; and do herebyeclare the followingjto be a full, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making partl of this specification. Y

My invention relates to a. form of hub for the wheels of wagons andcarriages, which combines great strength and durability with eleganceand compactness.

Figure 1 is a perspective view'of the hub proper, and one of the bands,in position.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the other bund, detached.

Figure 3 is an axial section of my improved hub ready to receivethespokes.: f

The yhunde B and C, having been shrunk or driven home, are secured byasuitable number of rivets or bolts, F. The two hands, B and C, in themoet complete form of' my invention, form a complete covering or casingto the hub proper, and dispense with the necessity of separate bands forthe point and butt, respectively, usually put on after the wheel ismade. The anges and lugs,- meeting at the-middle of the hub,form aseries of complete sockets and mortises, which, receiving the full sizeof'the spoke, hold it very irmly, and afford to the spokes an e'ectivesupport, such as would require a hub of one-halt` greater area..

A is the hub proper, of wood, having a series of customary mortisesa. l

B C are two bands, which may be of brass or malleable iron, driven uponthe hub. proper, o r of. wrought iron, shrunk upon said hub. Y I

Each band has a ange, marked D and E, from which projectv lugs d and e,which are jagged or scurferl atf, so as to closely interlock at themiddle of the huh, and to form partitions d e, which, in conjunctionwith the unges D und E, constitute a series of mortises, G, which bruceand sti'en pax-tof the spcke nearest to but outside of the hub proper.

The bande B and C may terminate at the points a: and y, the points andbutt of the hub being provided with distinct hoops or bauds, but Iprefer the form here' represented. v v

I claim herein as new, and of my invention- The arrangement of the pairof bands B C, 4enclosing a wooden hub, und being provided with flanges DE, and interlocked lugs d e, the whole being secured by rivets, in themanner and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hond.

' WILLIAM H. RODEHEAVER.

Witnesses:

Geo. H. KNIGHT, Jmns H. LAYMAN.

